Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission

Bristol Tennessee Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting March 6, 2014 6:00pm Present: Susie Chandler Sherry Willinger Richard Heller Charlotte Duncan David Akard Chris Estep Jim Goodwin Chris Connally Absent: Nelson Lundberg Staff: Terry Napier Meghan Ricker I. Call to Order – Jim Goodwin II. Invocation – Chris Connally III. Approval of February 6, 2014 Minutes – Susie made the motion to accept the minutes. Richard seconded the motion. Motion carried. IV. New Business A. Youth Football League- Our new youth football program is set to begin September 6, 2014. This will be a co-ed program that will be sponsored by the NFL. Grades 3-6 will be played the first year with future expansions. Games will be played at Steele Creek Park. B. Summer Programs- Week long camps will be replacing our summer playgrounds. Each week will be a different activity. C. Disc Golf Tournament- We had our first Pro/Am Disc Golf tournament on March 29th which was a success. D. Budget Process- City Council will be going over our budget to see what our goals are. We did not ask for any additional money. We are looking at expanding the Nature Center with the gate money we receive. The Commission discussed cutting out some of our parks that are not being used. With the extra money we can update the other parks that are being used daily. E. Board Vacancy- Charlotte Duncan resigned due to relocating to Bristol VA. David made the motion to accept the resignation. Sherry seconded the motion. The motion carried. V. Old Business A. Parks & Recreation Long Range Plan –Blake Ailor presented the results of the survey, and explained what some of the results seemed to point toward. B. Fee Recommendation – The Commission discussed all of the Parks and Recreation fees and recommended the increases of existing fees, and implementing new fees. Susie made a motion that Terry move forward in making the recommendations to the City Council. David seconded the motion. The motion passed.  VI. Vivian Tester – Charlotte made the motion to accept the resignation. Susie seconded the motion. The motion carried. VII. Comments from Commissioners-None VIII. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm IX. Joint work session April 22 at the Lodge X. Next Meeting Date – May 1, 2014 ________________________ Terry Napier, Director